motifs

英 [məʊˈtiːfs]

美 [moʊˈtifs]

n.  装饰图案; 装饰图形; (文学作品或音乐的)主题， 主旨， 动机
motif的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (作为装饰的)图形，图式
  Amotifis a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.
  1. ...a rose motif.
     玫瑰图案
• N-COUNT 主题;中心思想
  Amotifis a theme or idea that is frequently repeated throughout a piece of literature or music.
  1. The motif of these volumes is that 'solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty.'
     这几卷的主题是“孤独是灵魂的财富，寂寞是灵魂的贫瘠”。

双语例句

• These cards were made of cloth and depicted motifs from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc.
  这些扑克是用布料制造，描述《罗摩衍那》、《摩诃婆罗多》等主题。
• Three biblical and mythical motifs are embodied in Sula, namely the quest motif, the sacrificial scapegoat motif, and the rebirth motif.
  《秀拉》主要表现了三个圣经神话主题：追寻主题、替罪羊主题及再生主题。
• The exterior is engraved and applied with platinum-mounted rose-diamond motifs and the egg sits on a detachable rock-crystal base.
  内部刻有精美的冰晶雕刻，外部则镶有白金，上面嵌着玫瑰形钻石。彩蛋摆放在一个可以拆卸的水晶底座上。
• This exhibition will focus on decorative motifs from nature and the four seasons as used in furniture and scholar's objects.
  此次展览的主题是古典家俱及文人小件中对自然及四季的刻画。
• Technicians were therefore able to provide both minimum and maximum ages for such motifs.
  因此技术人员能够得出这些作品的最低和最高年份。
• The Bronze Age rock carvings in Tanum represent a unique artistic achievement through their rich and varied motifs.
  青铜时代岩画在塔努姆代表一个独特的艺术成就通过其丰富多样的图案。
• In which the motifs of decoration are borrowed from flora and fauna.
  在该图案的装饰都是借来的，由动植物。
• Nature, national traditions and national myths are three of Seamus Heaney's most important motifs.
  自然、民族传统与民族神话是爱尔兰诗人谢默斯。希尼最重要的主题。
• This color-sensitive inventiveness leads to a variation of repetitions of form and motifs.
  此颜色敏感的发明导致了变化重复的形式和图案。
• American Dream is one of the most important motifs of American literature.
  美国梦是美国文学最重要的母题之一。